The NHL gets Game Of Thrones-ized with phenomenal banners for every team

Patrick Marleau can become hockey's all-time games played leader if he competes into his early 40s. (Juan Ocampo/NHLI via Getty Images)

The HBO series Game of Thrones has become incredibly popular – not just with fans of the successful book series the TV show is based on, but with hockey fans as well. One of them – Capitals fan and Washington-based illustrator Rachel L. Cohen – decided to meld the NHL and Game of Thrones worlds by designing sigils (a.k.a. clan banners) for every NHL franchise. The results are phenomenal:

Let’s hope no Game of Thrones fan starts marrying another element of the show – putting the decapitated heads of vanquished opponents on spikes – with teams and players eliminated from the NHL playoffs.